eklips

Indonesian

Etymology

From Dutch eclips (“eclipse”), from Old French eclipse, from Latin eclīpsis, from Ancient Greek ἔκλειψις (ékleipsis, “eclipse”), from ἐκλείπω (ekleípō, “I abandon, go missing, vanish”), from ἐκ (ek, “out”) and λείπω (leípō, “I leave behind”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ɛk.lips/
Hyphenation: èk‧lips

Noun

eklips

(rare, astronomy) eclipse, passage of a planetary object between others.

Synonyms

gerhana

Further reading

“eklips” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

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